The partner who dropped her on live television. The brooding stoic who vanished for three years. And the seventy-two-hour Olympic deadline that forces them back onto the same ice.
Mackenzie Vance is back at the Winter Games with one final shot at gold, but when her partner’s ankle shatters during practice, her career is effectively over. The only man capable of replacing him and keeping her Olympic dream alive is Nikolai Volkov—the man who let her hit the ice in Montreal, costing her a year of learning how to walk again.
Nikolai is a brooding tactical genius who has spent three years hiding his guilt behind a wall of classical music and a rigid, machine-like reputation. He returns to the ice to give Mackenzie the medal she deserves, but when they are forced to share a cramped athlete suite in Milan , the professional boundaries keeping them apart completely incinerate.
The physical connection between them is immediate, raw, and fueled by years of bitter resentment. But Nikolai is hiding a secret that could destroy them both: a progressive neurological tremor that makes every throw and catch a life-or-death gamble.
If Mackenzie trusts his hands again, she risks a catastrophic fall. But if Nikolai pushes her away to protect her, he loses the only woman who ever made him feel human.
Mackenzie Vance is back at the Winter Games with one final shot at gold, but when her partner’s ankle shatters during practice, her career is effectively over. The only man capable of replacing him and keeping her Olympic dream alive is Nikolai Volkov—the man who let her hit the ice in Montreal, costing her a year of learning how to walk again.
Nikolai is a brooding tactical genius who has spent three years hiding his guilt behind a wall of classical music and a rigid, machine-like reputation. He returns to the ice to give Mackenzie the medal she deserves, but when they are forced to share a cramped athlete suite in Milan , the professional boundaries keeping them apart completely incinerate.
The physical connection between them is immediate, raw, and fueled by years of bitter resentment. But Nikolai is hiding a secret that could destroy them both: a progressive neurological tremor that makes every throw and catch a life-or-death gamble.
If Mackenzie trusts his hands again, she risks a catastrophic fall. But if Nikolai pushes her away to protect her, he loses the only woman who ever made him feel human.
- Enemies to Lovers
Second Chance Romance
Forced Proximity
Tortured Hero
Secret Medical Condition
He Falls First
Heat Level: High Steam
Vibe: Angsty: spicy, and high-tension
Setting: Milan, Italy, Olympic Village suite
Ending: Happily Ever After (HEA)
Step back onto the ice and discover if the hottest fire is the one you thought had burned out.
Genre: Romance
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